Drawing of ground dogwood – Fairbanks, Alaska
Since I posted the photos of the ground dogwood a few days ago, I thought I would also post a drawing I did. Ground dogwood (Cornus canadensis), also called bunchberry, is one of my...
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Labrador Tea and Bunchberry blooming at Sourdough Creek
Here are some photos I took on my recent excursion to Sourdough Creek. The hills had been burned over within the last ten years and were covered with a vibrant growth of...
Old mining camp on Sourdough Creek
On Monday of this week we drove to Sourdough Creek, about 70 miles up the Steese Highway. We have friends whose family owns an old mining camp up there. Borough land records say the...
Fate of Fairbanks’ historic Masonic Temple in limbo
One of the iconic buildings along the Fairbanks riverfront is the old Masonic Temple at 809 First Ave. Fraternal organizations were extremely popular in Alaska’s fledgling towns. The Arctic Brotherhood, Eagles, Elks, Freemasons, Moose,...
Dwarf Monkshood along Sourdough Creek Road
Yesterday I was up at Sourdough Creek, about 15 miles south of Twelve Mile Summit on the Steese Highway. I was taking photos of historic buildings, but I also spotted a small patch of...
Gold Dredge No. 8: A giant that helped save Fairbanks
The Fairbanks Exploration Company’s Gold Dredge No. 8 at Fox (shown in the drawing) is perhaps the most visible and well-known dredge in the Fairbanks area, but the FE Co. actually operated eight of...
SS Nenana – The last steamboat to Fairbanks
SS Nenana along the Lower Yukon River during the 1940s (originally posted on 9-11-2012 – revised on 4-30-2018) The SS Nenana has been one of the premier attractions at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks....
Found art – cast-offs discovered in the woods
Its doesn’t take much to make me happy: a forgotten whatcha-ma-call-it gradually being buried by leaves and twigs, or an old barrel mouldering in a stand of black spruce. You never know what you...
Prickly Rose blossoms blanket the woods nearby
A few days ago I mentioned that the Prickly Roses (Rosa acicularis) were about to bloom. They have now erupted into blossoms. Here are a couple of photos.
High-bush cranberries are blooming in Fairbanks
The high-bush cranberries in our front yard are in full bloom. These are “Alaskan” high-bush cranberries (Viburnum edule). They are not to be confused with American high-bush cranberries (Viburnum trilobum), even though...
